{"id":4779,"date":"2014-01-10T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ragtagcinema.org\/blog\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2014-01-10T17:49:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:49:27","slug":"hittsville-writeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/hittsville-writeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Hittsville writeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tribune did a pretty good job explaining the kinda-complicated relation of four separate businesses in the building (or suburb) that is Hittsville.
\nUprise Bakery<\/a> + Ragtag Cinema + 9th Street Video<\/a> + Hitt Records<\/a> = Hittsville.<\/p>\n

Here's a selection:<\/p>\n

By Catherine Martin<\/p>\n

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Saturday, December 21, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Using the name \u201cHittsville\u201d to refer to the building at 10 Hitt St. started as an inside joke.<\/p>\n

\u201cHitsville U.S.A.\u201d is the nickname of Motown\u2019s first headquarters in Detroit. But it also seemed to be a good fit for the businesses in the Hitt Street building, which houses Ragtag Cinema, Uprise Bakery, 9th Street Video and Hitt Records. The business is on Hitt Street, and \u201chit\u201d can apply to movies and records.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s catchy,\u201d said Ron Rottinghaus, co-owner of Uprise Bakery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The name first referred to the group of investors that purchased the building in 2008. It had previously been the site of Kelly Press and before that a Coca-Cola bottling plant. The businesses continued to use the phrase internally and now are pushing it out externally to give the building a \u201cuniversal name,\u201d Ragtag Executive Director Tracy Lane said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPeople can say, \u2018Let\u2019s go to Hittsville. Let\u2019s get dinner, or let\u2019s get a beer and watch a movie,\u2019 \u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Having a name for the building also reminds people that \u201cHittsville\u201d does actually house four separate businesses, Rottinghaus said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes, people think everything housed in Hittsville is one business. That means someone might call 9th Street Video to ask about a charge on a bar tab from Uprise Bakery, Rottinghaus said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But even though Ragtag, Uprise, 9th Street and Hitt Records are separate businesses, there is a \u201csynergy\u201d among them all, Lane said.<\/p>\n

\"PezTribune2013\"<\/p>\n

There's our Jonny Pez, the face of Ragtag. Photo by Ryan Henriksen\/Tribune<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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